# What to do when you offend someone

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMinneapolis
- Speaker: Lambers Fisher
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lambers_fisher_what_to_do_when_you_offend_someone)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Misunderstandings between you and your loved ones will happen — it's what you do next that matters most, says marriage and family therapist Lambers Fisher. Drawing on his work helping couples and relatives work through communication issues, he shares four principles to accept the inevitability of offending someone close to you — and how to use these moments to build trust and empathy.

## Lectures

1. [What to do when you offend someone](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lambers_fisher_what_to_do_when_you_offend_someone/127fed1379d3), 13 min (TED's player)